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EARLY 20 TH CENTURY & MODERNISM (1900 – 1940)

EARLY 20 TH CENTURY & MODERNISM (1900 – 1940). English & U.S. History Paper 11 th Grade 2011. MARY AUSTIN THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN.

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EARLY 20 TH CENTURY & MODERNISM (1900 – 1940)

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  1. EARLY 20TH CENTURY & MODERNISM (1900 – 1940) English & U.S. History Paper 11th Grade 2011

  2. MARY AUSTINTHE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN • ““Between the high Sierras south from Yosemite—east and south over a very great assemblage of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert” is the territory that Mary Austin calls the Land of Little Rain. In this classic collection of meditations on the wonders of this region, Austin generously shares “such news of the land, of its trails and what is astir in them, as one lover of it can give to another.” Her vivid writings capture the landscape—from burnt hills to sun-baked mesas—as well as the rich variety of plant and animal life, and the few human beings who inhabit the land, including cattlemen, miners, and Paiute Indians. • Historical Connections: Native Americans

  3. WILLA CATHERO PIONEERS! • “A timeless tale of a strong pioneer woman facing great challenges, shining a light on the immigrant experience, and revealing the emerging voice of one of our greatest authors.” • Historical Connections: American pioneer experience

  4. W.E.B. DUBOISTHE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS • “DuBois was an educator who became a major nineteenth-century proponent of immediate, across-the-board equality of blacks in politics, economics, and society and advocated using college-educated blacks as the means to this change.” • Historical Connections: Racism, Equality

  5. WILLIAM FAULKNERTHE SOUND AND THE FURY • “The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family (a once noble Southern family descended from Civil War hero General Compson), doomed inhabitants of Faulkner’s mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of the idiot Benjy and his brothers, Quentin and Jason.” • Historical Connections: African Americans in the South

  6. F. SCOTT FITZGERALDTHIS SIDE OF PARADISE • “Crystallized for the young men and woman of the 1920s their feelings of disassociation, while defining the phrase, "The Lost Generation”.” • Historical Connections: Social evils of money

  7. ERNEST HEMINGWAYTHE SUN ALSO RISES • Expatriates in Paris after • The Great War. • Historical Connections: • Issues of World War II veterans

  8. ERNEST HEMINGWAYFOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS • A young American during the Spanish Civil War. • Historical Connections: Spanish Civil War, Isolationism

  9. MARGARET MITCHELLGONE WITH THE WIND • “The novel depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty that she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.” • Historical Connections: Civil War

  10. UPTON SINCLAIRTHE JUNGLE • “The Jungle" exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago's stockyards and the laborer's struggle against industry and "wage slavery." It was an immediate bestseller and led to new regulations that forever changed workers' rights and the meatpacking industry.” • Historical Connections: Working conditions in factories

  11. BETTY SMITHA TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN • “Francie Nolan grows up amid the poverty of a Brooklyn tenement, in a poignant novel set in the early twentieth century.” • Historical Connections: Poverty

  12. JOHN STEINBECKTHE RED PONY • “The stories chronicle a young boy's maturation. In "The Gift," the best-known story, young Jody Tiflin is given a red pony by his rancher father. The other stories in The Red Pony are "The Great Mountains," "The Promise," and "The Leader of the People," in which Jody develops empathy and also learns from his grandfather about "westering," the migration of people to new places and the urge for new experiences. • Historical Connections: Migrant workers

  13. JOHN STEINBECKTHE GRAPES OF WRATH • “Set during the Great Depression, it traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships as migrant farm workers.” • Historical Connections: Migrant workers, Great Depression

  14. EDITH WHARTONTHE AGE OF INNOCENCE • “Portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.” • Historical Connections: Turn of the century High Society

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